Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

In the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, from around 5000 to 500 B.C., people in the Alpine countries lived in pile dwellings, or houses built on stilts. They were not always erected above bodies of water, but over marshland, some of which has now turned into lakes (matter of fact, some of the dwellings are nowadays entirely under water). Archaeological excavations and studies at these sites have provided great insights into the early agrarian societies in the region.

Austria

• Keutschacher See

• Abtsdorf I

• Abtsdorf III

• Litzlberg Süd

• See

France

• Le Grand Lac de Clairvaux

• Lac de Chalain, rive occidentale

• Lac d’Aiguebelette, zone sud

• Baie de Grésine

• Baie de Châtillon

• Hautecombe

• Littoral de Tresserve

• Littoral de Chens-sur-Léman

• Les Marais de Saint-Jorioz

• Le Crêt de Chatillon

• Secteur des Mongets

Germany

• Wangen-Hinterhorn

• Hornstaad-Hörnle

• Allensbach-Strandbad

• Wollmatingen-Langenrain

• Konstanz-Hinterhausen

• Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32

• Bodman-Schachen / Löchle

• Sipplingen-Osthafen

• Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen

• Ödenahlen

• Grundwiesen

• Siedlung Forschner

• Olzreute-Enzisholz

• Schreckensee

• Ehrenstein

• Pestenacker

• Unfriedshausen

• Rose Island

Italy

• Palù di Livenza – Santissima

• Lavagnone

• San Sivino, Gabbiano

• Lugana Vecchia

• Lucone

• Lagazzi del Vho

• Bande - Corte Carpani

• Castellaro Lagusello - Fondo Tacoli

• Isolino Virginia-Camilla-Isola di San Biagio

• Bodio centrale o delle Monete

• Il Sabbione o settentrionale

• VI.1-Emissario

• Mercurago

• Molina di Ledro

• Fiavé-Lago Carera

• Belvedere

• Frassino

• Tombola

• Laghetto della Costa

Slovenia

• Kolišča na Igu, severna skupina

• Količa na Igu, južna skupina

Switzerland

• Ägelmoos

• Riesi

• Vingelz / Hafen

• Dorfstation

• Lobsigensee

• Rütte

• Bahnhof

• Strandboden

• Les Grèves

• Spitz

• Môtier I

• Segelboothafen

• En Praz des Gueux

• Bellerive I

• Port

• Bourg

• Egolzwil 3

• Seematte

• Halbinsel

• Port-Conty

• Les Argilliez

• L’Abbaye 2

• La Saunerie

• Les Graviers

• Kehrsiten

• Weier I - III

• Hurden Rosshorn

• Hurden Seefeld

• Burgäschisee Ost

• Inkwilersee Insel

• Feldbach

• Technikum

• Bleiche 2-3

• Insel Werd

• Egelsee

• Nussbaumersee

• Pointe de Montbec I

• La Bessime

• Village

• Stations de Concise

• Corcelettes Les Violes

• Les Roseaux

• Stations de Morges

• Chenevières de Guévaux I

• Baie de Clendy

• Le Marais

• Oterswil / Insel Eielen

• Riedmatt

• Sumpf

• Winkel

• Storen-Wildsberg

• Rorenhaab

• Vorder Au

• Robenhausen

• Enge Alpenquai

• Grosse Stadt Kleiner Hafner

• Prehistoric Europe